Re: blktests: running nvme and srp tests with real RDMA hardware

Chaitanya Kulkarni
2023-10-24T05:55:36Z

On 10/23/23 22:43, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 10/24/23 04:59, Shinichiro Kawasaki wrote:
>> Hello blktests users,
>>
>> As of today, software RDMA driver "siw" or "rdma_rxe" is used to run
>> "nvme"
>> group with nvme_trtype=rdma or "srp" (scsi rdma protocol) group. Now
>> it is
>> suggested to run the test groups with real RDMA hardware to run tests in
>> more realistic conditions. A GitHub pull request is under review to
>> support
>> it [1]. If you are interested in, please take a look and comment.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/osandov/blktests/pull/86
>
> Just commented on it. What we really need is the functionality to run
> against pre-configured controllers (ie specify the controller NQN and
> NSID and do not call into nvmetcli); when running on real HW we
> typically cannot control the target, so we need to be able to specify
> a preconfigured namespace.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes

What format you think use to accept the pre configured namespace ?
thinking out loudly Can relay and we use nvmetcli config file somehow
for local loop back setup ?

-ck